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Smith, John
A catalogue raisonné of the works of the most eminent Dutch, Flemish, and French painters: in which is included a short biographical notice of the artists, with a copious description of their principal pictures : a statement of the prices at which such pictures have been sold at public sales on the continent and in England; a reference the the galleries and private collections in which a large portion are at present; and the names of the artists by whom they have been engraved; to which is added, a brief notice of the scholars & imitators of the great masters of the above schools (Part 1) — London: Smith and Son, 1829

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296 PHILIP WOUWERMANS.
339. La Famille du Marechai. A view over a barren
country, with a large picturesque house on the right, the cellar
of which serves for a farrier’s shop, from whence a man is
coming up the stairs with a shoe for one of the fore feet of a
fine white horse, which is held by two men ; on the farther
side is the rider (a cavalier), close to whom is another horse,
mounted by a man with a sack before him ; and beyond them
is a woman on horseback, with a bundle of linen on her head;
these form one group in front of the steps of the house, at
the side of which is seated a woman, with a child in her arms
and another at her side ; four more children (two of whom are
standing in front, with their backs to the spectator, and two
playing with a goat), and five fowls, complete the composition.
Engraved by Moyreau, No. 40, under the above title; and also
by Beaumont, No. 7.
Collection of M. Porlier, 1741.
12 in. by 17 in.

340. L Abreuvoir des Chasseurs. A Landscape, with a
stream of water, crossed by a lofty bridge, over which a woman
(with a bundle on her head and a child at her side) is passing ;
on the top of it is seated a man, angling; and nearer the spec-
tator are four gentlemen and a lady on horseback, descending
the banks to water their steeds, and two boys bathing. En-
graved by Moyreau, No. 41, under the above title, when in the
Collection of the Prince d’Isenghien, 1741.
12 in. by 16| in.

341. 7?Academic du Manege. A Landscape, with some
buildings and a church-tower on the left and middle: the whole
of the fore-ground is occupied by men engaged in breaking in
horses, the most conspicuous amongst which is a fine gray one,
with a gentleman on its back, prancing near a leaping bar;
behind him stand two gentlemen, and near them is a boy on the
 
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